After Ye Ling collected the blood crystal fragments, he used the replicated spacetime to investigate some past events he wanted to know. He then dispelled the replicated spacetime and brought everyone back to the Blood Prison.
Upon returning to the Blood Prison, Blood Spirit quickly said to Ye Ling, "My lord, you have seen the replicated spacetime, and I have told you everything I know. Now, you see..."
Ye Ling replied, "Don't worry, I keep my word. As long as you stay in this Blood Prison and don't harm Earth, I will spare your life."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Blood Spirit was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, "My lord, you can rest assured! I am essentially a geokinetic spirit of the Blood Prison. Outside the Blood Prison, I will lose all my power and will be unable to harm Earth."
"Hmm."
Ye Ling nodded slightly, dispelled the demonic energy on the surface of the blood pool, and said to Blood Spirit, "After you open the exit, return to the blood pool."
"Yes!!! I will open the door for you now!" Blood Spirit replied excitedly, quickly opening the Blood Prison exit for Ye Ling, eager for Ye Ling to leave.
The longer Ye Ling stayed in the Blood Prison, the more pressure Blood Spirit felt!
Seeing the Blood Prison exit appear, Ye You asked Ye Ling, "Brother, did we forget something?"
"Forgot?"
Hearing Ye You's words, Ye Ling was slightly stunned, then slapped his forehead, "Right! I almost forgot about Chi You!"
Chi You had gone into the blood pool five days ago to search for treasures and hadn't shown himself since. Moreover, Ye Ling's attention had been entirely focused on Xu Xiaoqing and the replicated spacetime, so he had indeed forgotten about Chi You.
After all, they had cooperated once. Now that Ye Ling was leaving the Blood Prison, he couldn't just leave Chi You alone here.
Given Chi You's strength, it was uncertain what fate awaited him if he faced Blood Spirit alone in the Blood Prison.
"Chi You, it's time for us to go!"
Ye Ling called out, scanning the blood pool with his divine soul, but he couldn't find any trace of Chi You.
"Disappeared?" Not finding Chi You, Ye Ling frowned and then looked at Blood Spirit.
Under Ye Ling's gaze, Blood Spirit shivered and quickly said, "This really has nothing to do with me! These past few days, I have been busy with the tasks you assigned me, and you have seen it all!"
Ye Ling retorted, "There are no other exits in this Blood Prison, and Chi You disappeared in the blood pool. Your words are hard to convince me."
Facing this sudden situation, Blood Spirit was so anxious it was about to cry. It didn't know how to explain to Ye Ling and had no way to defend itself.
Seeing Blood Spirit's anxious state, Ye You couldn't help but speak up, "Brother, it doesn't seem like it's lying. Chi You's disappearance might really have nothing to do with it."
Seeing someone speak up for it, Blood Spirit was extremely excited and quickly followed Ye You's words, "Miss is right, this really has nothing to do with me!"
"The blood pool contains endless vengeful spirits. Chi You himself is in a spiritual body state, which is like a delicious roasted pig to the vengeful spirits in the blood pool. Perhaps he was eaten by other vengeful spirits!"
Ye Ling questioned, "The strongest of the other vengeful spirits in this blood pool hasn't even reached the ninth rank. To Chi You, they are like shrimps. Are you telling me now that Chi You was swallowed by a bunch of shrimps?"
In fact, Ye Ling didn't care much about Chi You's life or death. However, a powerhouse at the peak of the Saint realm suddenly vanishing into thin air, and right under his nose...
Ye Ling was very curious about what had happened in the blood pool. Clearly, there were other secrets within the Blood Prison.
When questioned by Ye Ling, Blood Spirit didn't know how to explain and knelt down, repeatedly kowtowing, "My lord! This really has nothing to do with me! I have lived in the blood pool for endless years and have never encountered such a situation!"
"I truly know nothing!"
Seeing Blood Spirit's current state, Ye Ling knew he wouldn't get any useful information from it. He sighed slightly and said, "Move aside, I'll go down and take a look myself."
"Yes, yes!"
Blood Spirit dared not block Ye Ling's path and quickly moved aside.
"Brother." Ye You grabbed Ye Ling's arm, her eyes full of worry, and cautioned, "Something is strange, be very careful."
"Hmm." Ye Ling nodded. "You and Xiao Qing wait for me on the shore. I'll go down and investigate."
With that, Ye Ling unhesitatingly plunged into the blood pool, searching for clues to Chi You's disappearance.
Ye You and Xu Xiaoqing waited anxiously on the shore.
A quarter of an hour later, Ye Ling flew out of the blood pool and landed on the shore.
Seeing Ye Ling emerge, Ye You quickly asked, "Brother, did you find anything?"
Ye Ling shook his head, "It's very strange. I searched the entire blood pool, and apart from some residual traces of Chi You's aura, there were no other clues."
Ye You frowned, "Could it be as Blood Spirit said, that he was swallowed by the vengeful spirits in the blood pool?"
Ye Ling replied, "Impossible... With Chi You's strength, even if only a wisp of his soul remained, he would be like a shark in a fishpond in the blood pool. Those vengeful spirits couldn't harm him."
"Even if we take a step back and say that the vengeful spirits in the blood pool truly had the ability to swallow Chi You, I wouldn't be able to sense anything from the shore."
Ye You asked, "So, Chi You truly vanished into thin air?"
Ye Ling surmised, "That's the only explanation. The spacetime laws in this Blood Prison are pervasive. There might be some peculiar wormholes. Chi You must have accidentally entered a wormhole and been drawn into another space."
"Regardless, he is no longer here."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Ye You clicked her tongue and asked, "What should we do now?"
Ye Ling spread his hands and smiled, "We've done all we could. Chi You's misfortune is his own, and we can't do anything about it. There's nothing else worth exploring in the Blood Prison, so let's go back."
For Ye Ling, his encounter with Chi You was brief, and they even had past grievances. Ye Ling's relationship with Chi You was not such that he would spare no effort to find Chi You.
Now that Chi You had disappeared, Ye Ling didn't care about his ultimate fate.
"Alright." Hearing Ye Ling say this, Ye You didn't insist further and left the Blood Prison with Xu Xiaoqing.
Ye Ling walked to the exit and stopped again, looking at Blood Spirit, who was still kneeling by the side.
Suddenly sensing Ye Ling's gaze, Blood Spirit trembled and immediately straightened up, kneeling, and quickly asked, "My lord, do you have any instructions?"
Ye Ling said, "If Chi You returns, I hope you will spare his life."
Hearing Ye Ling's words, Blood Spirit opened its mouth, then replied, "I, I understand."
"I have no other matters. See you again." Receiving Blood Spirit's reply, Ye Ling nodded slightly, waved goodbye to Blood Spirit, and turned to enter the exit.
"Farewell, my lord!"
As Ye Ling left, the exit closed, and Blood Spirit finally let out a sigh of relief, collapsing to the ground, exhausted.
"Finally, that monster is gone..." Blood Spirit sighed deeply. Just as it was about to return to the blood pool for a good sleep, it suddenly felt an extremely powerful aura behind it!
Blood Spirit's pupils contracted sharply, and its whole body trembled, "Is, is it... Huang?"